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bens

bens is the plural of ben.

Meaning of ben

Noun (1)

ben (plural bens)

  1. (obsolete) A prayer; a petition.

Noun (2)

ben (plural bens)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
    • Bert Kerston was awakened by a steady tap on the ben window.1972, George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe, Polygon, published 2019, page 25

Noun (3)

ben (plural bens)

  1. A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
  2. The winged seed of the ben tree.
  3. The oil of the ben seed.

Noun (4)

ben (uncountable)

  1. (capitalized, usually) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).

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Noun (1)

bens pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, job advertisements) benefits
    • Mech & Elec Design Engineers, Berkshire - to £32000 plus bens2004, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, Building services journal: Volume 26, Issues 1-6

Noun (2) capitalized: Bens

Bens

  1. (plural) plural of Ben

Phrases with bens

Words that rhyme with bens

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Questions about bens

What does bens mean?
Bens means benefits.
What is bens the plural of?
Bens is the plural of ben.
What part of speech is bens?
Bens is a noun.

Words near bens in the dictionary

  1. Benquet
  2. benquinox
  3. benralizumab
  4. Benredouane
  5. Benredouanes
  6. bens
  7. Bensalem
  8. Bensch
  9. Bensches
  10. Benscoter
  11. Benscoters

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